Ilyas (Ilias) Gorchkhanov (1967 – 13 October 2005) was the first leader of the Ingush Jamaat, which later became part of the Caucasus Front's

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of the

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 ...

. Gorchkhanov, an ethnic Ingush, allegedly started his military career as a volunteer fighting in Chechnya. When the Ingush Jamaat started getting shape, he became the leader of the

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unit and was later often cited as the leader of the entire Jamaat. He was closely associated with the

Yarmuk Jamaat The United Vilayat of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachai (UVKBK, russian: Объединенный вилайят Кабарды, Балкарии и Карачая), also known as Vilayat KBK, was a militant Islamist Jihadist organization connected to nu ...

Kabardino-Balkaria The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...

and, together with Anzor Astemirov, was one of the first persons wanting to realize the

Caucasus Emirate The Caucasus Emirate ( ce, Имарат Кавказ, Imarat Kavkaz, IK; russian: Кавказский эмират, Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, was a Jihadist ...

during the

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s. In October 2005 Gorchkhanov was one of the commanders of the

2005 Nalchik raid The 2005 raid on Nalchik was a raid by a large group of Islamic militants on Nalchik (pop. 250,000), in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (KBR) of southern Russia, on 13 October 2005. A number of buildings associated with the Russian security forc ...

, an attack by a large group of militants on

Nalchik Nalchik (russian: Нальчик, p=ˈnalʲtɕɪk; Kabardian: //; krc, Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about nor ...

, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, during which he was killed in action;Памятные даты Второй русско-чеченской войны (октябрь 2005)
/ref> some media reports dubbed him as the leader of the raid.Russia says rebel assault over; toll tops 100
/ref> After Gorchkhanov's death, Akhmed Yevloyev succeeded him as the leader of the Ingush Jamaat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorchkhanov, Anzor 1967 births 2005 deaths Caucasian Front (militant group) Ingush people People of the Chechen wars Russian rebels Leaders of Islamic terror groups